Land-anchor.



L. s. FLATAU. LAND ANCHOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 28.1913.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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Mv I IIIII L. S. FLATAU.,

LAND ANCHOR.

APPLICATION msu APR. 23.1913.

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1,282,266. Patented July 3, 1917.

Y Y nmilll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS S. FLATAU, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF lOl'Ilil-'II-IIRD 'IO DUDLEY C. WRAY AND ONE-THIRD TO T. ALLIE VJRAY, BOTI-I OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LAND-ANCHOR.

Application filed April 28, 1913.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS S. F LATAU, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis City and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Land-Anchors, of which the following is a specification. Y My invention relates to an improvement in land anchors, and more particularly to an apparatus for driving the anchors into the soil for the purpose of fastening the anchors so that `the guy wires which are connected to the anchors can be attached to fence posts or Wire strands of a fence or to a buoy, or used for any other purpose.

The object is to provide a portable tool to which the anchors can be attached for the purpose of driving the anchors into the soil and then releasing the anchors after the anchors have been driven to a suiiicient depth.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter pointed out and described in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing an end of the tool in which the anchor is held;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite end of the tool;

Fig. 4: is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the anchors; and

Fig. 5 is a view of another form of anchor showing the tool partly broken away to disclose the manner of fitting the anchor to the tool.

A four-way coupling A has hollow pipes 1 and 2 screwed therein from opposite directions.

The ends of the two pipes 1 and 2 coming together at the center of the coupling A form a hollow shaft or tool. Connected to the coupling and at right angles to the pipes 1 and 2 are handles 3, 3, for. the purpose of guiding the shaft as it is driven into the earth.

A jam nut i is screwed upon the outer end of the pipe 2, and slidably mounted upon the pipe 2 between the coupling A and the jam nut is a hammer or maul B. The hammer B, formed somewhat in the shape Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Serial No. 764,188.

of a dumb bell, has, between the enlarged ends, a shank or stem 5, which can be grasped by the hand of the operator for causing the maui or hammer to be reciprocated along the pipe 2 for driving the pipe l into the ground. The pipe 1 is provided with a split end forming a slot 6. This slot .the tool, I have disclosed a wire rod which is bent, as at 11, to facilitate the passage of the wire rod into the pipe. This wire rod may be of any length required, depending upon the purpose for which the wire is intended to be used.

In some instances, it may be preferable to have the wire cable or wire rod extend along the exterior surface of the tool. These anchors are preferably provided with an opening 12, which is formed at the center of the anchor, and a concaved center is provided at 13 for receiving the enlarged end la of the rod or cable, thereby giving protection to the enlarged end and lessening the obstruction to the insertion of the washer or anchor into the soil.

In Fig. 5, I have disclosed a flat bar 15 as forming the anchor, which is provided with ends of less width than the main portion of the anchor, which ends are adapted to be received within the tubular portion of the pipe 1, and the shoulders 16 formed on the anchor by the reduced ends engage the shoulders of the slotted portion of the pipe l, thereby locking the anchor in place.

The anchor is placed against the soil, and the hammer or maul B is'reciprocated along the shaft against the coupling A, causing the shaft and anchor to be driven into the earth, and after the anchor has been driven a sufficient distance into the soil, a quarter turn is given to the tool or shaft by grasping the handles 3, 3 for the purpose of changing the position of the anchor in the soil, and then the tool is removed from the earth, leaving the anchor in the soil.

After the tool has been removed from the wire rod or cable, the wire is given a pull which being at the center causes the anchor to assume a horizontal or practically horizontal position as is readily understood.

rIhe pipe l, of course, can be of various lengths to suit the requirements in driving the anchors to various depths.

The outer end of the pipe 2 is transversely slotted, and the slot is adapted to receive a staple as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, so that the tool may be utilized for driving a staple into a post for fastening the wire, the hammer B being driven forcibly against the jam-nut l to accomplish this.

From the foregoing it will he seen that I have provided a very simple apparatus, which can be used for many purposes other than fastening fences in place, and, in fact, an be used wherever a guy wire is used.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fatent is l. A tool for driving disk anchors consisting of a tubular shaft slotted to receive a disk anchor, an obstruction on said shaft, a hammer surrounding and slidably mounted upon said shaft adapted to engage said obstruction as an anvil and means connected with the shaft for drawing the shaft from the earth and from engagement with said anchor.

2. In a tool for driving disk anchors, the combination with a coupling, of a tubular shaft made in two pieces connected with said coupling, one end of said shaft slotted to receive an anchor, a hammer surrounding and slidably mounted upon said shaft adapted to forcibly engage said coupling for driving the anchor and shaft into the earth.

3. In a tool for driving disk anchors the combination with a coupling, of a tubular shaft made in two pieces connected with .said coupling, one end of said shaft slotted to receive an anchor, a hammer surrounding and slidably mounted upon said shaft adapted to forcibly engage, said coupling for driving the anchor and shaft into the earth, and handles removably connected to said coupling for removing the shaft from the soil and disengaging the shaft from the anchor.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS S. FLATAU.

IVitnesses E. A. OBERLE, JAMES B. Go'r'rsnncnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. U. 

